Axelrodeng102poetry Reading List-1

Prof.
Axelrod MSU: WRIT-106 / KU: ENG 2403 1
POETRY UNIT READING LIST:
First, read the following in our textbook, Making Literature Matter:
o “Writing About Poems” – pgs 136 – 137

o “Elements of Poetry” – pgs 144 - top 150
Next, read the following poems in this order:
1. Anonymous: Oldest known love poem http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-

asia/4000-year-old-sumerian-love-poem-and-sacred-ritual-marriage-001953
(Eighth century B.C.)
2. Christine de Pizan: (born 1364, died c. 1430) “Roundel I”

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/roundel-i/
+ “Ballad XVI” http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ballad-xvi/
3. Anonymous: “Western Wind, when will thou blow” (1500s)

http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/love-in-the-arts/western_wind.html
4. William Shakespeare: “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” [Sonnet 130] (1609)
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15557
5. Ben Jonson: “On My First Son” http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173720 (1616)
6. John Donne: “The Flea” (1633) – textbook pg. 597
7. Basho: “An Old Pond” (1644 – 1694) http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-old-pond/
8. Robert Burns: “Comin thro the Rye” (1782)

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173057
9. William Wordsworth: “The World Is Too Much With Us” (1807)

10. John Keats: “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (1820)

11. Elizabeth Barrett Browning: “How Do I Love Thee?” [Sonnet 43] (1845) – textbook pg. 583
12. Robert Browning: “My Last Duchess” (1842)

13. Matthew Arnold: “Dover Beach” (1851) textbook pg. 607
14. Walt Whitman: “Song of Myself” (c. 1885) https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/song-

myself-i-ii-vi-lii+ “A Noiseless Patient Spider” (1871)
+ “I Hear American Singing” http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15752
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Prof. Axelrod MSU: WRIT-106 / KU: ENG 2403 2
Bonus: 36 second audio clip of Whitman http://www.whitmanarchive.org/multimedia/
15. Emily Dickinson: “Hope is the thing with feathers” (254) (1891)
16. Stephen Crane: “In the Desert” (1895) http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175754
17. Paul Laurence Dunbar: “We Wear The Mask” (1895)

18. Edward Arlington Robinson: “Richard Cory” (1897)

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/richard-cory/
19. Ezra Pound: “In a Station of the Metro” (1913)

20. Robert Frost: “Mending Wall” (1914) – textbook pg. 71

+ “The Road Not Taken” (1920) (http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15717
+ “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” (1922)
Bonus: Frost reading http://town.hall.org/radio/HarperAudio/012294_harp_ITH.html
21. T.S. Eliot: “The Hollow Men” (1925) http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/784/
22. Langston Hughes: “I, Too, Sing America” (1925)

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15615 + “Dreams” (1926)
+ “Let America Be America Again” (1935) https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-
america-be-america-again/
23. William Carlos Williams: “This Is Just To Say” (1934)

+ http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15537
24. Randall Jarrell: The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner (1945)
25. Gwendolyn Brooks: “The Mother” (1945) http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172081
26. Alan Ginsberg: “A Supermarket in California” (1955)

27. Elisabeth Bishop: “One Art” (c. 1946 - 1950)

28. Dylan Thomas: “Do Not Go Gentle” (1951)

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29. E.E. Cummings: “i carry you in my heart,” (1952)

Bonus: Cameron Diaz reciting the poem in the movie In Her Shoes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3m6vWsrMIU
30. Sylvia Plath: “Daddy” (1962) – textbook pg. 268
31. Portia Nelson: “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters” (c. 1973)

http://mymeditativemoments.com/realization-for-change/ -- Bonus: Listen to a song
version of this poem, by jazz singer Dianne Reeves. Log in to Spotify and search for the title
“The First Five Chapters.”
32. Lawrence Ferlinghetti: “Short Story on a Painting of Gustav Klimt” (1976) - textbook glossy
inset pg. “I”
33. Mark Strand: “Keeping Things Whole” (1979 - 1980)

34. Rita Dove: “My Mother Enters The Workforce” (c. 1980s – 1990s)
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/dove/poems-RD.html#rd2
35. X.J. Kennedy: “Nothing in Heaven Functions as It Ought” (1985)

http://www.poemtree.com/poems/NothingInHeavenFunctions.htm
36. Jim Daniels: “Short-Order Cook” (1985)

37. Lynda Hull: “Night Waitress” – textbook pg. 41 – 42 (1986)
38. Sharon Olds: “I Go Back to May 1937” – textbook pg. 296 (1987)
+ “The Race” (1992)
http://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/the-race-by-
sharon-olds.html
39. James Wright: “Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota”
(1990) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/47734
40. Mary Oliver, “Singapore” – textbook pg. 138 (1992) + “The Sun”
http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_thesun.html
(From New and Selected Poems pub. 1992)
Bonus: interview with Mary Oliver http://www.onbeing.org/program/mary-oliver-
listening-to-the-world/7267
41. Linda Pastan: “RSVP: Regrets Only (1996)

http://astronautte.tumblr.com/post/203508005/rsvp-regrets-only
42. Juan Felipe Herrera: “Blood on the Wheel” (1999)

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/guide/244636#poem
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43. Louise Erdrich: “Indian Boarding School: The Runaways” (2003)

44. Billy Collins: “Litany” (c. 2008) http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/litany/

Bonuses: Collins reading “Litany” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Iq3PbSWZY
3 year old reciting “Litany” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVu4Me_n91Y
45. Natasha Trethewey: "Enlightenment" (2012)

46. Timothy Donnelly: “Diet Mountain Dew” (2016)

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/21/diet-mountain-dew [includes audio of
reading by author]
47. Lynn Melnick: “Landscape with Loanword and Solstice” (2016)

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/22/landscape-with-loanword-and-solstice-
by-lynn-melnick
48. Robert Wilder: “What My Massage Therapist Girlfriend Discovers When I’m On Her Table
For the First Time” (2017) – see photo below:
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49. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/poetry/read-poems-7-countries-affected-trumps-
immigration-ban/ -- Poetry from the 7 Countries Affected By Trump’s Travel Ban (2017)
50. Share a poem with the class and me on the discussion board! Choose one from our
textbook (cite page #) or try: www.poets.org

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Axelrod MSU: WRIT-106 / KU: ENG 2403 1

POETRY UNIT READING LIST:

First, read the following in our textbook, Making Literature Matter:

o “Writing About Poems” – pgs 136 – 137

Next, read the following poems in this order:

1. Anonymous: Oldest known love poem http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-

2. Christine de Pizan: (born 1364, died c. 1430) “Roundel I”

3. Anonymous: “Western Wind, when will thou blow” (1500s)

5. Ben Jonson: “On My First Son” http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173720 (1616)

6. John Donne: “The Flea” (1633) – textbook pg. 597

7. Basho: “An Old Pond” (1644 – 1694) http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-old-pond/

8. Robert Burns: “Comin thro the Rye” (1782)

9. William Wordsworth: “The World Is Too Much With Us” (1807)

10. John Keats: “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (1820)

12. Robert Browning: “My Last Duchess” (1842)

13. Matthew Arnold: “Dover Beach” (1851) textbook pg. 607

14. Walt Whitman: “Song of Myself” (c. 1885) https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/song-

Bonus: 36 second audio clip of Whitman http://www.whitmanarchive.org/multimedia/

16. Stephen Crane: “In the Desert” (1895) http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175754

17. Paul Laurence Dunbar: “We Wear The Mask” (1895)

18. Edward Arlington Robinson: “Richard Cory” (1897)

19. Ezra Pound: “In a Station of the Metro” (1913)

20. Robert Frost: “Mending Wall” (1914) – textbook pg. 71

21. T.S. Eliot: “The Hollow Men” (1925) http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/784/

22. Langston Hughes: “I, Too, Sing America” (1925)

23. William Carlos Williams: “This Is Just To Say” (1934)

26. Alan Ginsberg: “A Supermarket in California” (1955)

27. Elisabeth Bishop: “One Art” (c. 1946 - 1950)

28. Dylan Thomas: “Do Not Go Gentle” (1951)

29. E.E. Cummings: “i carry you in my heart,” (1952)

30. Sylvia Plath: “Daddy” (1962) – textbook pg. 268

31. Portia Nelson: “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters” (c. 1973)

33. Mark Strand: “Keeping Things Whole” (1979 - 1980)

35. X.J. Kennedy: “Nothing in Heaven Functions as It Ought” (1985)

36. Jim Daniels: “Short-Order Cook” (1985)

37. Lynda Hull: “Night Waitress” – textbook pg. 41 – 42 (1986)

41. Linda Pastan: “RSVP: Regrets Only (1996)

42. Juan Felipe Herrera: “Blood on the Wheel” (1999)

43. Louise Erdrich: “Indian Boarding School: The Runaways” (2003)

44. Billy Collins: “Litany” (c. 2008) http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/litany/

45. Natasha Trethewey: "Enlightenment" (2012)

46. Timothy Donnelly: “Diet Mountain Dew” (2016)

47. Lynn Melnick: “Landscape with Loanword and Solstice” (2016)

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